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THE 

Growth of Brown University 
IN Recent Years 

1899-1909 



"The Public Teaching shall in general Respeft the Sciences." 

"Into this liberal and catholic Institution shall never be ad- 
mitted any religious Tests : But on the contraiy, all the 
Members hereof shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and 
uninterrupted Liberty of Conscience." 

FROM THE CHARTER OF 1764 




PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 

PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 

1909 






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The Uni^e»'sity 



D. B. UPDIKE, THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS, BOSTON 



THE GROWTH OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 
IN RECENT YEARS 

(1899-1909) 

SINCE many friends of the University have 
been asking for fa6ls as to its progress, its 
lines of recent development, its changes in organ- 
ization and curriculum, the following brief state- 
ment has been prepared. The period covered in 
cursory review has been one of intensive rather 
than extensive growth. The sudden increase in 
the number of students which had previously oc- 
curred brought with it the inevitable problems of 
swift expansion. The obvious need was for in- 
ternal coordination, for closer articulation of teach- 
ers and departments, for determination of stan- 
dards, for the better housing of students, for more 
buildings in which to establish laboratories, semi- 
naries, libraries, consultation-rooms, for a more 
permanent Faculty with more adequate financial 
support. How far these needs have' been met the 
statement will show. The changes that have come 
have been in part visible and tangible, transform- 
ing the appearance of the campus. But the more 
important alterations, in a college as in a man, are 
internal and spiritual. 



INTERNAL CHANGES. 

THREE new departments have been created, 
— Eleftrical Engineering, Geology, Physi- 
cal Training, the latter having the same power 
and dignity as any other. 

Six new chairs of instruction have been created, 
and professors appointed to fill them, — viz., Or- 
ganic Chemistry, Ele6lrical Engineering, Public 
Speaking, Physical Training, Geology, Sociology. 

The number of the Faculty and other officers has 
increased from 89 to 101, — an increase of about 
12.^ per cent. The annual amount paid in salaries 
has increased from ^107,547.50 to ^155,454-59, — 
an increase of 45 per cent. 

The requirements for admission to the Ph.B. course 
have been advanced by 5 points, and for admis- 
sion to the engineering courses by 4^ points. 

While the raising of requirements and standards 
might naturally have diminished the number of 
students, the number has increased from 868 to 
993, an increase ofj;i4.4 per cent. 

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The total endowment of the University has in- 
creased from ^1,297,227.59 to $3,416,744.41, or 
about 264 per cent. The total annual income from 
investments and tuition fees has increased from 
1152,896.14 to $231,379.98, or 51 per cent. 

The number of books in the library has increased 
from about 100,000 to 170,000, and the founda- 
tions of the new^ John Hay Library — to cost $300,- 
000 — have been laid. The *' Rider Colle61:ion" 
(on the history ofRhodelsland) and the" Wheaton 
Colle6lion'' (on International Law) have been 
presented to the University. The unique and price- 
less John Carter Brown Library ( of Americana ) 
has been presented to the University, together 
with its noble building, costing $150,000, and an 
endowment of $500,000. The number of depart- 
ment libraries, or seminaries, has increased from 
thirteen to twenty, every department now having 
its own library, office, and consultation room. 

The number of courses of study offered has in- 
creased from 83 to 119. Among the new courses 
are those in Elementary Greek, Nautical Astro- 
nomy, Principles of Historical Criticism, Origin 
and Development of Society, Comparative Study 

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THE GROWTH OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 

of Constitutions, Jurisprudence, Socialism, Com- 
mercial Geography, Greek and Roman Life, the 
Modern Novel, Vi6lorian Poets, German Lyrical 
Poetry, the German Drama, the French Drama, 
Modern Italian Literature, Textual Criticism of the 
Old Testament, Industrial Chemistry, Advanced 
Organic Chemistry, Research Work in Chemistry, 
Chemical Physiology, Mineralogy, Petrography, 
Advanced Ba6leriology, Embryology, Ornitho- 
logy, and many new courses in Engineering. The 
older courses have been steadily enriched, im- 
proved and equipped. 

New administrative officers have been appointed, 
ensuring closer oversight, more accurate records, 
better coordination, larger unity. These officers 
include a Dean of the University, a Superintend- 
ent of Grounds and Buildings, a Keeper of Gradu- 
ate Records, an Archivist, a University Physician. 
The Graduate Department has been organized, 
with its own Dean, its own office, its own system 
of records and standards of admission. The sys- 
tem of Freshman Advisers has been instituted. An 
Employment Bureau has been established, and 
a Teachers' Bureau for the benefit of teaching 
alumni. A Committee on Appointments has been 

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recently formed, to assist the graduates of the 
University throughout their careers. 

The Faculty has been reorganized. The old sys- 
tem of Faculty committees, which had grown large 
and unwieldy, has given way, and the functions 
and powers of most of the former committees 
have been centralized in a new "committee on 
registration and attendance." By various volun- 
tary meetings and organizations the Faculty have 
been brought into closer acquaintance and into a 
harmony and sympathy such as are rarely found 
in so large a body. 

Many new scholarships and prizes have been 
established, as e.g., the four " Marston Scholar- 
ships,'' the "George Hale Bacon Scholarships,'' 
the "Aaron Lucius Ordway Fund," the" William 
Grosbeck Goddard Fund," the "Hicks Prize Fund 
No. 2," the "Class of 1880 Prize," "The Society 
of Colonial Dames Prize," etc. 

New laboratories have been established in Geo- 
logy, Mechanical, Civil and Ele6lrical Engineer- 
ing, and large additions made to the laboratories 
in Chemistry and Biology. 

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In response to an obvious demand the depart- 
ments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, pre- 
viously housed in the attics of ancient buildings 
and meagrely equipped, have been installed in a 
modern engineering building, furnished with all 
the apparatus for the most approved methods of 
instru6lion. 

An experiment station for the study of Biology has 
been opened at Warwick, R. I., where students 
each summer may study various forms of marine 
life at first hand and where researches have been 
condu6led that have afFe6ted the entire Atlantic 
seaboard. 

The University has entered into an affiliation with 
the Rhode Island School of Design, whereby stu- 
dents in either institution may enjoy the benefits 
of the other. Under this arrangement the School 
of Design uses the University machine-shops, and 
the University sends its art students to the School 
of Design for instru6lion in archite6lural drawing, 
free-hand drawing and painting. 

A system of Visiting Committees has been estab- 
lished, which has been of great value in achiev- 

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ing cooperation between the world of study and 
the world of a6lion. Under this system about one 
hundred and fifty gentlemen — from five to ten in 
each department — annually visit the University, 
inspe6l its courses of study, libraries, laboratories 
and equipment, form the acquaintance of the Fac- 
ulty, and offer such counsel and support as their 
experience in business or professional life may 
qualify them to give. 

Twelve new alumni associations have been or- 
ganized, forming the links in a chain which ex- 
tends from Boston to Seattle. The total number of 
such associations is now twenty-three. An Alumni 
Council has been formed, composed of represen- 
tatives from all alumni associations having twenty- 
five or more members, and meeting at stated times 
to discuss matters of University policy, to sele6l 
nominees for the office of trustee, or to consider 
questions referred to them by the Corporation. 

The Women's College has been made an integral 
part of the University, with its own Executive 
Committee of the Corporation. A woman's dormi- 
tory has been secured, a woman's gymnasium 
ere6led, five new lots of land obtained, a college 

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campus has been laid out, and a separate endow- 
ment of |85,ooo has been contributed. A woman 
has been appointed Dean of the College. A Stu- 
dent Government Association has been organized 
among the students. An Alumnae Association has 
been formed, which is now represented on the 
Advisory Council. 

Extension courses have been condu6led in recent 
years, at hours when teachers can attend, with an 
attendance of from 250 to 400 teachers annually. 
These courses are not such as are ordinarily called 
"University extension courses," given in various 
places under varying auspices; but are given in 
University halls, in connexion with University li- 
braries and laboratories, and students who take the 
tests and pass the examination in any course may 
obtain credit toward a University degree. 

A "Brown University Teachers' Association" has 
been formed, composed of the teaching alumni of 
the University and alumni of other colleges who 
are teaching in schools preparing students for 
Brown. Seven annual conventions have been held, 
with important educational discussions; and the 
association has assisted both the University and 

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the schools in solving their common problems. 

The entire system of college athletics has been re- 
organized. While the academic requirements for 
participation in athletics are determined by the 
Faculty, who have established unusually stringent 
rules, all other questions are now settled by the 
students themselves, on the principle that student- 
play is a matter for student-control. A Supervisor 
of Athletics has been appointed, and a well 
equipped office opened, where the various athletic 
managers may transa6l their business in accor- 
dance with approved modern methods. 

The Brown Union, by far the largest of all the 
student organizations, has been established, and 
suitably housed in a convenient and beautiful struc- 
ture. In this building is the headquarters of every 
student enterprise. The second floor has been oc- 
cupied by the Young Men's Christian Association. 
This building has become the center and fireside 
of the University. Nine tenths of all the students 
are members of the Union. 



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EXTERNAL AND VISIBLE CHANGES 

THE University has acquired in the last ten 
years twelve new^ tra6ls of land, with the 
buildings thereon : four on Waterman Street, one 
on George Street, one on College Street, five on 
Cushing Street and one on Benefit Street. The 
University has ere6led thirteen new buildings, as 
follows : 

Name Bate 

President's House 1901 

Rogers Hall (addition) 1901 

Van Wickle Gates 1902 

Administration Building 1902 

Engineering Building 1903 

Caswell Hall 1903 

Rockefeller Hall 1903 

Colgate Hoyt Swimming Pool 1903 

Carrie Tower 1904 

John Carter Brown Library 1904 

Sayles Gymnasium 1906 

Marston Field House 1907 

John Hay (Library in process) 1910 

Lincoln Field has been graded and laid out in ac- 
cordance with the plans of landscape archite6ls : 
bronze statues of Caesar Augustus and Marcus 
Aurelius have been presented and ere6led on the 

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campus, and new trees, vines and shrubs have been 
planted. Five new fraternity chapter-houses have 
been built or leased and stand in close proximity to 
the campus as part of the University group, which 
now comprises twenty-nine buildings. Yet all these 
changes have not called for the demolition of one 
of the old landmarks. The oldest stru61:ure, Uni- 
versity Hall, ere6led in 1770, has been stripped 
of the stucco which covered it for three-quarters 
of a century, and restored to its original appear- 
ance. Thus the University has been able to double 
its buildings without removing a brick or stone 
from its archite6lural heritage. 



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Some of these results are shown in the following. 

Tabular View 

Students 1899 = 868 

1909 ^=z=== 993 

Endowment 1899 = $1,297,237.59 

1909 ===$3,305,390.63 

Income 1899 = $152,396. U 

1909 ========= $231,379.98 

Faculty and 1899 : 89 

Other Officers 1909 == 101 

Salaries 1899 ==$107,547.50 

1909 === $155,454.59 

Library 1899 - 100,000 

1909 z^=== 170,000 

Buildings 1899 = 1 5 

1909 ======= 29 

Courses oj 1899 — 83 

Study 1909 119 



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THE GROWTH OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 

The University to-day includes 
An Undergraduate Department, with a four 
years course of study leading to the degrees of 
Bachelor of Arts 
Bachelor of Philosophy 
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 
Bachelor of Science in Ele61:rical Engineering 

A Graduate Department with courses of study 
leading to the degrees of 

Master of Arts 

Master of Science 

Do(5lor of Philosophy 

An Independent Women's College (not coed- 
ucational), offering to women the same courses as 
to men, under the same teachers, and leading to 
the same degrees. 

An Extension Department, offering each win- 
ter to teachers and other mature persons, at hours 
when they can attend, courses of study of the same 
chara6ler as those offered to regular students, 
and for which credit is given toward a University 
degree. 

For Catalogue or Information address 

The Registrar of Brown University 

Providence, R. I. 



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